Xfbdev+ALSA - which phone?

2009-10-15 Thread carmen
since FICOpenMoko seems to have gotten out of competition against 
ASUSACerHTCHuaWeiNokiaEriccsonSonySamsungLGApple in the phone dept, which is a 
suitable option for someone who wants 3G data and the ability to run anything?

N900 is $600, i'd rather get 3 $100-150 mainland-china/last-generation Android 
phones that at least have XFbdev going, pick the one with the best ALSA 
support, and have 2 spares, and spend half of what Nokia wants on something i'd 
be afraid to break/lose

perhaps a G1?

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Re: Xfbdev+ALSA - which phone?

2009-10-15 Thread rakshat hooja
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:32 PM, carmen _...@whats-your.name wrote:

 since FICOpenMoko seems to have gotten out of competition against
 ASUSACerHTCHuaWeiNokiaEriccsonSonySamsungLGApple in the phone dept, which is
 a suitable option for someone who wants 3G data and the ability to run
 anything?

 N900 is $600, i'd rather get 3 $100-150 mainland-china/last-generation
 Android phones that at least have XFbdev going, pick the one with the best
 ALSA support, and have 2 spares, and spend half of what Nokia wants on
 something i'd be afraid to break/lose

 perhaps a G1?


Get a Freerunner A7 and a 3G dongle that works.
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Re: Xfbdev+ALSA - which phone?

2009-10-15 Thread Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
Right now, the Palm Pre seems to come closest to the FreeRunner wrt. openness 
(albeit still miles away, of course).

It has just been released in europe and work has started to port an own 
userland based on FSO to it.

Cheers,

:M:

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Re: Xfbdev+ALSA - which phone?

2009-10-15 Thread W.Kenworthy
Thats ok if you want to make a call out, but how can you call in if the
phone is suspended - leaving it running will probably give a battery
life of about 4 hours or so if not less.  There is also the problem of
how to attach the dongle - would look kinda weird with one of those
silver usb cables hanging out, not to say connector damage as it gets
twisted as you put it in a pocket or bag.  The USB dongle is a great
idea for temporary/emergency use, but I dont see it as practical as day
to day phone - wish it was tho as it would solve the lack of 3G issues.

BillK

On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 22:46 +0530, rakshat hooja wrote:
 
 
 On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:32 PM, carmen _...@whats-your.name wrote:
 since FICOpenMoko seems to have gotten out of competition
 against ASUSACerHTCHuaWeiNokiaEriccsonSonySamsungLGApple in
 the phone dept, which is a suitable option for someone who
 wants 3G data and the ability to run anything?
 
 N900 is $600, i'd rather get 3 $100-150
 mainland-china/last-generation Android phones that at least
 have XFbdev going, pick the one with the best ALSA support,
 and have 2 spares, and spend half of what Nokia wants on
 something i'd be afraid to break/lose
 
 perhaps a G1?
 
 
 Get a Freerunner A7 and a 3G dongle that works.  
 
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